Masonry Magazine April 2006 Page. 21
One's looking for somebody else to pay the bill and, even though Coastal Masonry probably puts in a larger effort than any other contractor that I know of in terms of training and support of these programs, we can't do it all by ourselves.
Masonry: What do you feel is the industry's biggest challenge in the near future? Do you think training is going to become a more serious problem?
Jensen: I think the training is already a serious problem. Not only training of skilled workmen is a serious problem.
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Jensen: I think that more masonry contractors and suppliers of masonry products need to participate in and provide more funding for training programs to train masons in the use of all types of materials brick, stone, glass block all types of masonry materials that are installed for artistic purposes, for architectural purposes. We see in South Florida a misconception that they can't design exposed architectural masonry because of two things: the high price and the lack of skilled labor to install it.
Everybody has a perspective. The supplier's perspective is that the masonry contractors should put forth more of an effort to train their people and then they can sell a wider variety of architectural products. Because the masonry industry consists of so many contractors that don't belong to any kind of association or apprenticeship program, it's nearly impossible for the few masonry contractors that do participate to fund the needed training alone.
I don't think suppliers put nearly enough money and/or effort in training or apprenticeship programs to train people to install their products. That's probably one of my biggest complaints in our industry; everyone's looking for somebody else to pay the bill.
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